IKEA Becomes First Global Company to Halve Food Waste

IKEA reduced food waste by 54% across its in-store restaurants in 32 markets, saving 20 million meals and $37 million annually while avoiding 36,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per year.

• IKEA achieved a 54% reduction in food waste across its in-store restaurants in 32 markets as of 2022, which is equivalent to saving over 20 million meals.
• The food waste reduction efforts resulted in annual financial savings of $37 million for IKEA and the avoidance of 36,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per year, comparable to removing more than 8,000 cars from the road annually.
• IKEA utilized several specific tools and partnerships to achieve these results: Winnow's AI technology and smart scales for data collection, the Too Good to Go app for selling surplus food at discounts, and the WRI Food Loss and Waste Accounting and Reporting Standard for monitoring.
• IKEA's efforts align with UN Sustainable Development Goal Target 12.3, which aims to halve the rate of food loss and waste by 2030. The company participates in WRI's 10x20x30 initiative and the Champions 12.3 Assembly.

APA

World Resources Institute (2023). IKEA Becomes First Global Company to Halve Food Waste. https://www.wri.org/outcomes/ikea-becomes-first-global-company-halve-food-waste

Chicago

World Resources Institute. IKEA Becomes First Global Company to Halve Food Waste. 2023. https://www.wri.org/outcomes/ikea-becomes-first-global-company-halve-food-waste.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitute2023ikea, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{IKEA Becomes First Global Company to Halve Food Waste}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, year = {2023}, month = jun, url = {https://www.wri.org/outcomes/ikea-becomes-first-global-company-halve-food-waste}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }